Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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... once accepted in a country where presentment and judgment by a man's neighbours had been part of popular law from time immemorial . Through the ingenuity and good sense of this strong , subtle - minded and original ruler , the corporate ...
... once accepted in a country where presentment and judgment by a man's neighbours had been part of popular law from time immemorial . Through the ingenuity and good sense of this strong , subtle - minded and original ruler , the corporate ...
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... once gathered four hundred men - at - arms and 1 At a time when literacy was only beginning to reach the aristocratic laity Henry was remarkable for writing two works of devotion , in one of which , Mercy Gramercy , he set down all the ...
... once gathered four hundred men - at - arms and 1 At a time when literacy was only beginning to reach the aristocratic laity Henry was remarkable for writing two works of devotion , in one of which , Mercy Gramercy , he set down all the ...
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... once wide open , was now bolted against them . They could no longer finance the war from plunder , which , as they burnt , ravaged and wasted , brought in diminishing returns . In vain they called in their Free Companies - Hugh Calveley ...
... once wide open , was now bolted against them . They could no longer finance the war from plunder , which , as they burnt , ravaged and wasted , brought in diminishing returns . In vain they called in their Free Companies - Hugh Calveley ...
Contents
Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
Copyright | |
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